Environmental Sustainability Research Centre

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The Environmental Sustainability Research Centre (ESRC) pursues innovative and transdisciplinary research concerning the environment, sustainability and social-ecological resilience. In working towards this mission, the ESRC encourages transdisciplinary and environmentally oriented research by faculty, librarians, and students; catalyzes knowledge mobilization about the environment; and, engages community practitioners and policy makers to foster knowledge impacts at local through international levels about the environment. Visit www.brocku.ca/esrc for more information about ESRC.

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Watersheds are complex systems involving social, economic, and ecological dimensions that are constantly interacting and influencing each other, and governance of these systems involve a large and diverse cast of actors ...

This annotated bibliography provides an account of the research that has been done on engineering resilience, ecological resilience, and social-ecological resilience. Undertaken as part of the WEPGN research project titled ...

Analysis of power in natural resources management is important as multiple stakeholders
interact within complex, social-ecological systems. As a sub-set of these interactions,
community climate change adaptation is ...

On average approximately 13% of the water that is withdrawn by Canadian municipal water suppliers is lost before it reaches final users. This is an important topic for several reasons: water losses cost money, losses force ...

With scientific consensus supporting a 4oC increase in global mean temperature over the next century and increased frequency of severe weather events, adaptation to climate change is critical. Given the dynamic and complex ...

Knowledge of how water is perceived, used and managed in a community is critical to
the endeavour of water governance. Surveys of individuals residing in a community offer
a valuable avenue to gain information about ...